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100 1 a| Sessions, Roger,d| 1896-1985.=| ^A21732;

245 10 a| Roger Sessions on music :b| collected essays /c| edited by Edward T. Cone.;

300 a| xi, 388 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 00 t| The composer's craft.t| The composer and his messageg| (1939) --t| Music in crisisg| (1933) --t| The new musical horizong| (1937) --t| Song and pattern in music todayg| (1956) --t| Problems and issues facing the composer todayg| (1960) --t| Style and "styles" in musicg| (1961) --t| The composer and his audience.t| Art, freedom, and the individualg| (1957) --t| Composer and criticg| (1934) --t| America moves to the avant-sceneg| (1937) --t| To revitalize operag| (1938) --t| The scope of music criticismg| (1947) --t| Music in a business economyg| (1948) --t| How a "difficult" composer gets that wayg| (1950) --t| Education and training.t| Music and the crisis of the artsg| (1954) --t| New vistas in musical educationg| (1934) --t| The composer in the universityg| (1949) --t| What can be taught?g| (1967) --t| The limits of theory.t| Heinrich Schenker's contributiong| (1935) --t| Hindemith on theoryg| (1937) --t| Exposition by Krenekg| (1938) --t| Escape by theoryg| (1938) --t| The function of theoryg| (1938) --t| Music and the world conflict.t| Music and nationalismg| (1933) --t| Vienna, Vale, aveg| (1938) --t| On the American futureg| (1940) --t| American music and the crisisg| (1941) --t| No more business-as-usualg| (1942) --t| Artists and this warg| (1942) --t| Europe comes to Americag| (1945) --t| Five composers.t| Ernest Blochg| (1927) --t| On Oedipus Rexg| (1928) --t| Hindemith's Mathis der Malerg| (1934) --t| Schoenberg in the United Statesg| (1944, revised 1972) --t| Some notes on Schoenbergg| (1952) --t| Thoughts on Stravinskyg| (1957) --t| In memoriam Igor Stravinskyg| (1971) --t| In memoriam Luigi Dallapiccolag| (1975).;

520 a| Over the past fifty years the author developed, in articles, lectures, and addresses, various themes that reflect the stages of his own musical and intellectual growth. These themes form the basis of the present collection of essays. Many of the essays deal with specific problems that musicians, especially composers, have faced during the five decades: problems related to new musical styles and techniques, to the position of composers in society, to their responsibilities as teachers, to their role during the period of the world wars, to the mutual reactions of composer and audience, and to the basic questions of musical form and expression. The collection also includes a set of critical essays on such seminal figures as Bloch, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky. The editor divides the essays into several thematic groups, generally arranging them chronologically within each group. He presents the essays with a minimum of alteration from their original forms and supplies an introduction and footnotes.;

650 0 a| Musicx| History and criticism.=| ^A18818;

700 1 a| Cone, Edward T.,e| editor.=| ^A26696;

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Roger Sessions on music : collected essays / edited by Edward T. Cone.

Author/creator	Sessions, Roger
Other author	Cone, Edward T., editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©1979.
Description	xi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Music--History and criticism.

Contents	The composer's craft. The composer and his message (1939) -- Music in crisis (1933) -- The new musical horizon (1937) -- Song and pattern in music today (1956) -- Problems and issues facing the composer today (1960) -- Style and "styles" in music (1961) -- The composer and his audience. Art, freedom, and the individual (1957) -- Composer and critic (1934) -- America moves to the avant-scene (1937) -- To revitalize opera (1938) -- The scope of music criticism (1947) -- Music in a business economy (1948) -- How a "difficult" composer gets that way (1950) -- Education and training. Music and the crisis of the arts (1954) -- New vistas in musical education (1934) -- The composer in the university (1949) -- What can be taught? (1967) -- The limits of theory. Heinrich Schenker's contribution (1935) -- Hindemith on theory (1937) -- Exposition by Krenek (1938) -- Escape by theory (1938) -- The function of theory (1938) -- Music and the world conflict. Music and nationalism (1933) -- Vienna, Vale, ave (1938) -- On the American future (1940) -- American music and the crisis (1941) -- No more business-as-usual (1942) -- Artists and this war (1942) -- Europe comes to America (1945) -- Five composers. Ernest Bloch (1927) -- On Oedipus Rex (1928) -- Hindemith's Mathis der Maler (1934) -- Schoenberg in the United States (1944, revised 1972) -- Some notes on Schoenberg (1952) -- Thoughts on Stravinsky (1957) -- In memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1971) -- In memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola (1975).
Abstract	Over the past fifty years the author developed, in articles, lectures, and addresses, various themes that reflect the stages of his own musical and intellectual growth. These themes form the basis of the present collection of essays. Many of the essays deal with specific problems that musicians, especially composers, have faced during the five decades: problems related to new musical styles and techniques, to the position of composers in society, to their responsibilities as teachers, to their role during the period of the world wars, to the mutual reactions of composer and audience, and to the basic questions of musical form and expression. The collection also includes a set of critical essays on such seminal figures as Bloch, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky. The editor divides the essays into several thematic groups, generally arranging them chronologically within each group. He presents the essays with a minimum of alteration from their original forms and supplies an introduction and footnotes.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	78051190
ISBN	0691091269
ISBN	0691100748 (pbk.)

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